Students who are "given a greater degree of freedom to surf the Internet at school are less vulnerable to online dangers in the long-term,"
What Ofsted seems to be saying is that teaching students the critical thinking skills of media literacy ultimately lowers risk.
"Who wrote the material on this site?" "Is the information on it likely to be accurate or could it be altered by anybody?" "If others click onto the site, can I be sure that they are who they saythey are?", and "What information about myself should I not give out on the site?"
When learners have control of the tools of conversation, they also control the conversations in which they choose to engage.
instead of controlling a classroom, a teacher now influences or shapes a network.
Apprenticeship learning models are among the most effective in attending to the full breadth of learning. Apprenticeship is concerned with more than cognition and knowledge (to know about) – it also addresses the process of becoming a carpenter, plumber, or physician.
We can’t teach kids to learn unless we are learners ourselves, and our understanding of learning has to encompass the rich, passion-based interactions that take place in these social learning spaces online.
"Organizational adoption of social media as a comprehensive learning strategy is one part software rollout, one part transformational change, and one part large scale corporate initiative. Depending on your initial focus, it might involve a single cohort group, your whole company, your partners or suppliers, your clients, or even the public at large. Regardless of your scope, there are a number of critical items that you must address in order to achieve success. While you may not need to address all of the issues below on your particular initiative, you should at least consider the implications and issues for each item below, and where necessary, develop a plan of action to address those that are relevant to your situation."